Aristotle was born at Thrace,Stagira in the year 384 B.C.,and died in 322 B.C. It was the passing of a philsophical titan. He was one of the most important philosophers of all time. Most people don't know that he came from a rich family, and was said to wear rich rings on his fingers as well as cut his hair fashionably short. He attended Plato's School of Philosophy, yet his theories are almost of the exact opposite of Plato's theories. He lived most of his life in Athens, but he retired to a small island to live out his final days. He was an amazing man with a long list of achievements.
Biography
Aristotle was born in Thrace in 384 B.C. He was raised in aristocracy and was then sent to Plato's Acadamy (in athens). He was there before even Plato was. He remained there for 20 years and was such a great student that he became a teacher himself. He left when Plato died, supposedly because he was mad that he wasn't named sucessor of the acadamy. He then moved to Xenocrates and the court of his friend Hermias. There he married the adopted daughter of Hermias, (her name was Pythias) they gave birth to a child also named Pythias. Hermias soon after died and Aristotle was invited to the court of Macedonia to tutor the king's son, Alexander the Great. He was said to have poor digestion, and he was "spindle-shanked". He was an active thinker and was concerned with zoology and biology. He opened his own school of philsophy in the year 355 B.C. He then retired in solitude on the small island of Chalcis what reason did a sane man have to suddenly move from a city to an isolated island. He was afraid that the citizens of Athens would commit a second crime upon philosophy (the first was the death of Socrates). There until his death he lived alone.
Philosophy
Aristotle was concerned with several subjects. Nearly 4/5 of his works were destroyed yet the 1/5 that we have translate to 30 treaties. Yet if they were put into a modern collection they would be 50 substantial volumes. He was taught in philosophy by Plato. Aristotle also taught the great leader Alexander the Great. His works are the following:On Justice, On the Poets, On Wealth, On the Soul, On Pleasure, On the Sciences, On Species and Genus, Deductions, Definitions, Lectures, On Political Theory (in eight books), Dissections (in seven books), On Plants, The Art of Rhetoric, On the Pythagoreans, On Animals (in nine books), On Motion, On Astronamy, Homeric Problems (in six books), On Magnets, Olympic Victors, Proverbs, and On the River Nile. He corsed on almost every subject some of his theories are still relevent today. His school located in athens (started in the year 355 B.C.)
Yet, his Zoology is incomplete and contains no theories backed up by repeated exparaments. In this word we could say that he did a laymens perpective rather than a scientific approach. He document things that he sees important for example upon examining a cephalapod he comes to the conclusion that when it see something it sprays out a oozing black liquid. By now we know that he was not correct it does spray out an oozing black substance but only when irrated or scared. He was the best scientist of the day but, not as concise of say Galileo to astronamy, or Plato. His works are not as readable as Plato's it is often thought that we have his lecture notes rather than the lecure itself. He did not in modern lingo "cut off the fat". That is most likely because he didn't think he needed to (don't confuse this with laziness he just didn't feel that it was necessary). But, it is not a dull drab of a read it is full of passion (which some think Plato was lacking). Possibly the best way to read Aristotle is to read a paragraph or so and then try to develop a lecture (from his LECTURE notes). In short Ariatotle corsed on almost every subject and though his observations were not scientific they were revaloutionary for his time
Major Works
Aristotle as i've said cored on many subjects and recored alot of his reasearch here are some of his extensive collection of works:
On Justice
On the Poets
On Wealth
On the Soul
On Pleasure
On the Sciences
On Species and Genus
Deductions
Definitions
Lecures
On Political Theory (in eight parts)
Dissections (in seven parts)
On Plants
The Art of Rhetoric
On the Pythagoreans
On Animals (in nine parts)
On Motion
On Astronamy
Homeric Problems (in six parts)
On Magnets
Olympic Victors
Proverbs
On the River Nile
= Quotations attributed to Aristotle =
Adventure is worthwhile
To die will be an awfully big adventure
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies
Beauty is the gift of god
Bibliography
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Gaarder, Jostein, and Paulette Møller. Sophie's World: a Novel about the History of Philosophy. New York: Berkley, 2002. Print.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 28 Mar. 2011. http://plato.stanford.edu/. Barnes, Jonathan. Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. Print Craig, Edward. Philosophy: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. Print. Waggoner, Ben. Http:www.ucmp.berkeley.edu//. Ucmp. Web. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/aristotle.html.
Aristotle
Introduction
Aristotle was born at Thrace,Stagira in the year 384 B.C.,and died in 322 B.C. It was the passing of a philsophical titan. He was one of the most important philosophers of all time. Most people don't know that he came from a rich family, and was said to wear rich rings on his fingers as well as cut his hair fashionably short. He attended Plato's School of Philosophy, yet his theories are almost of the exact opposite of Plato's theories. He lived most of his life in Athens, but he retired to a small island to live out his final days. He was an amazing man with a long list of achievements.
Biography
Aristotle was born in Thrace in 384 B.C. He was raised in aristocracy and was then sent to Plato's Acadamy (in athens). He was there before even Plato was. He remained there for 20 years and was such a great student that he became a teacher himself. He left when Plato died, supposedly because he was mad that he wasn't named sucessor of the acadamy. He then moved to Xenocrates and the court of his friend Hermias. There he married the adopted daughter of Hermias, (her name was Pythias) they gave birth to a child also named Pythias. Hermias soon after died and Aristotle was invited to the court of Macedonia to tutor the king's son, Alexander the Great. He was said to have poor digestion, and he was "spindle-shanked". He was an active thinker and was concerned with zoology and biology. He opened his own school of philsophy in the year 355 B.C. He then retired in solitude on the small island of Chalcis what reason did a sane man have to suddenly move from a city to an isolated island. He was afraid that the citizens of Athens would commit a second crime upon philosophy (the first was the death of Socrates). There until his death he lived alone.
Philosophy
Aristotle was concerned with several subjects. Nearly 4/5 of his works were destroyed yet the 1/5 that we have translate to 30 treaties. Yet if they were put into a modern collection they would be 50 substantial volumes. He was taught in philosophy by Plato. Aristotle also taught the great leader Alexander the Great. His works are the following:On Justice, On the Poets, On Wealth, On the Soul, On Pleasure, On the Sciences, On Species and Genus, Deductions, Definitions, Lectures, On Political Theory (in eight books), Dissections (in seven books), On Plants, The Art of Rhetoric, On the Pythagoreans, On Animals (in nine books), On Motion, On Astronamy, Homeric Problems (in six books), On Magnets, Olympic Victors, Proverbs, and On the River Nile . He corsed on almost every subject some of his theories are still relevent today. His school located in athens (started in the year 355 B.C.)
Yet, his Zoology is incomplete and contains no theories backed up by repeated exparaments. In this word we could say that he did a laymens perpective rather than a scientific approach. He document things that he sees important for example upon examining a cephalapod he comes to the conclusion that when it see something it sprays out a oozing black liquid. By now we know that he was not correct it does spray out an oozing black substance but only when irrated or scared. He was the best scientist of the day but, not as concise of say Galileo to astronamy, or Plato. His works are not as readable as Plato's it is often thought that we have his lecture notes rather than the lecure itself. He did not in modern lingo "cut off the fat". That is most likely because he didn't think he needed to (don't confuse this with laziness he just didn't feel that it was necessary). But, it is not a dull drab of a read it is full of passion (which some think Plato was lacking). Possibly the best way to read Aristotle is to read a paragraph or so and then try to develop a lecture (from his LECTURE notes). In short Ariatotle corsed on almost every subject and though his observations were not scientific they were revaloutionary for his time
Major Works
Aristotle as i've said cored on many subjects and recored alot of his reasearch here are some of his extensive collection of works:
= Quotations attributed to Aristotle
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Bibliography
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Gaarder, Jostein, and Paulette Møller. Sophie's World: a Novel about the History of Philosophy. New York: Berkley, 2002. Print.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 28 Mar. 2011. http://plato.stanford.edu/.
Barnes, Jonathan. Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. Print
Craig, Edward. Philosophy: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.
Waggoner, Ben. Http:www.ucmp.berkeley.edu//. Ucmp. Web. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/aristotle.html.